lets see those...umm...first canreef posts!!

[reefwars]

ok lets see what you all had to say the very first time you posted on canreef, for some of you this could be a lonnnnng time ago some others not so long either way lets see em !!




if you have over 5k posts youll have to do this to find your first post:


search > advanced search

search for posts made by your exact username. leave the search field itself blank. click on the oldest thread to find your first post or the oldest post if displaying results as posts.





go figure the first time i open my mouth on canreef and im selling something lol rather high too i might add :twised:


http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62789


"i have a 48" 60 gallon with everything needed for it 70lbs live rock ,live sand,t5 ho lights,stand, powerheads,hob filter, protein skimmer and much much more invested over 3000 into this tank selling for 1000,also selling a smaller 33 gal with everything also. edmonton"

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

wow going back a very long time.
I started with a different user name very close to what I have now.lol.

Very 1st post for me was for trading not a hello or anything about myself...lol...

Dated back to January/12/2002

i am interested in soft coral trading or buying i have lots of fiji rock,aragonite sand,base and aragocrete rock.bought a whole box of kalkwasser for good $.
i have few hydnophora sps corals almost to give away,...give me a ...

a friend of mine is shutting down couple of his tanks that are for sale.
(2.5ft nurse shark to good home for trade or $)

At that time the shark made to Big al's I beleive

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Posted October 17, 2004

"Will work for corals or marine fish...


100 g fish & soft corals
80 lbs live rock
mushroom rocks
toadstool
colt
sinularia
baby bta
waving hand
tonnes of red & green macroalgae
1 elongate tang - 5 inch
2 yellow tangs - 3-4 inch
1 queen angel - 3 inch
1 koran angel - 3 inch
1 cherub angel - 1.5 inch
1 freckled hawk - 4 inch (for sale)
1 lawnmower blenny - 4 inch
1 chameleon tilefish - 4 inch (just added but already one of the gang)
3 blue-yellow tailed damsels - 1 inch each

Eheim Pro II canister filter
AquaClear 300
LifeGuard 40 watt UV

2*65w PC & 4' 20000K T5 35w?

Yeah, yeah it's way overcrowded but am on the look out for much bigger (200+ g plexi) tank so if anyone here's of a good deal on one my email is at AntShieh@gmail.com



35 hex
mostly a soft coral/bta tank
30 lbs live rock
flourescent yellow/green sinularia
over 14 different mushrooms (ricordea, watermelon, metallics, Rhodactis)
metallic green elephant plate
candy cane
assorted zoos
green bubble
pulsing xenias (my fav.)
6 bta clones (flour. green arms & pink mouths)

breeding pr. skunk cleaner shrimp
yellow watchman gobies
little lawnmower blenny
pr. ocellaris clowns (just added)

red macro-algae for nutrient export

65w 10000K PC, 2x20w 20000K T-5s, 28w Bright White Compact Flourescent (yeah it's only a household use bulb but my Xenias love them, so go figure)
Will be selling when I get my big plexi (200+)


33 g reef/seahorse tank
30 lbs live rock
3 black seahorses (eating frz. mysis like it's their last meal)
assorted hammers/frogspawns
sun polyps
Hawaiian feather duster (upside down & going strong for over a yr)
assorted mushroom & polyps
long tentacle anemone (leaves my seahorses alone)
waving hand
carpet brain
toadstool
corky finger
purple sea rod
pearl bubble

red macro-algae everywhere

Indonesian purple tang (for algae control - just added)
breeding pr. skunk cleaner shrimp
peppermint shrimp

Derasa clam

96w PC 50/50 bulb, 30w 6400K T-5, 30w 20000K T-5
HOT Mag-filter
Aquaclear 150
sponge filter


20g quarantine/species tank

currently just holding my overstock macro-algae

Hmmm. And I wonder where all my hard-earned money goes? A "coke" addiction has got to be cheaper, eh?

Started in F-W in '76. Started first S-W in '85. Most of these tanks have been set up in the last year/year & a half.

Nice to finally be able to log in.
Last "regular" job, Fish feed supervisor feeding 3.5 million salmon. Now that's a feed bill."

[Proteus]

My first post I was buy out people's tanks and selling. Made some decent money. The best one was $200 got me 7 tanks skimmers fish and 400lbs rock.

Triggers and puffer FS
7" pink tail Trigger
6" Niger Trigger
3" Valentini puffer

In Devon. Email to. nckjeffery@gmail.com

[Aquattro]

2001, still complaining about no prices

That looks like really nice rock!! What is the cost of that stuff? SeaCare doesn't say on their site.

[Seriak]

Wow, I actually introduced myself. I figured I would be complaining about prices as well. Or at least lack of price tags.

Just wanted to introduce myself as the latest reefer in Cow-town. I have a 90 gallon RR Oceanic tank with the following

25 Gallon Sump
Aquamedics Turbofloater Skimmer
4 MaxiJet 1200
4" DSB
140# Live Rock
A few crabs and snails

If anyone has any advice for a beginner who is taking this hobby very seriously, please feel free to share.

[fishoholic]

Looks like my first post under fishoholic was Dec 30 2007 but that doesn't make sense cause if I signed up May 2007 there should of been posts from May/07 maybe I searched wrong for my 1st post :noidea: Denny if you can find it post it for me please.

I have a 15g long tank, $10 if you want it, however I'm in Edmonton and you would have to pick it up. Pm me if you're interested.

However I was posting under my ex's account for a long time before I started my own. I think (not 100% sure) this was my first ever post on canreef

Sept 30 2006

Neal the meet was lots of fun. This was the first meet Ive been to. Im glad we made it out. Thanks for hosting. :)

If not that one then for sure this one April 15 2007:

I think the swimming room in the ocean for our fish would be great, however I would worry about them getting hurt and them finding food. My fat fish would miss their regular feedings:lol: -Laurie

[Dearth]

August 4th this yr


I am a long time fresh water aquarist that is looking at setting up a salt water aquarium but have some questions.

-I have always been told to set up largest tank you could afford which has always stopped me cold from setting up a salt water but recently learned about nano aquariums And from reading various forums a lot of serious salt water aquarists dislike nano aquariums but I would rather take baby steps so what size of nano aquarium would you recommend 9, 10, 14 or 20 gallon?

-what kind of coral, rock, sand and bottom feeders/fish would you recommend for stabilizing tank and how many of each would you recommend?

-is darker setting better than having an aquarium in a bright area?

Thank you for any info you can provide


I still have much to learn

[riceboy]

man its been a long time been here since june 2006, i was actually looking for xenia lol, i don't know how you guys do it having more than 5000 posts lol i've been here for 6 years and this is post number 858

hi i would be interested, is it easy to take care of
thanks

[Reefer Rob]

Feb 2006
I have a rapidly growing Briareum on an aproximately 8" X 6" piece of live rock in Langley. I want $30 for the coral plus $5 a lb for the live rock.

I actually had to Google this to see what I was selling... Green Star Polyps on steroids.

[Ross]

First post 09-26-2009 11:10PM

GE Silicone 1 works great.
I have 2 tanks held together with it and no issues.
A 77 gallon (48w x 24t x 16d) and a 10 gallon Nano.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=450687&postcount=20

[marie]

I lurked for 2 yrs before I got up the courage to post anything and then this is all I have to say :lol:

It should be fine. within a week you should see some new short
feathers.

[mrhasan]

I started my first post with something like "Why acclimate fish!" :P

Hello everyone,

This is my first post over here and I guess I will have to start with a question that can either be stupid to some people or thoughtful to others :P

Anyway, so the basic procedure to introduce a fish a tank is through acclimating it first. As far as I have seen, the most common is to perform temperature acclimation and then slowing drip water into the water that the fish is in.

Now it is suppose to be done so that the fish adjusts to the water IN THE TANK.

Now my question is, when the water from the tank is dripping into the bag of the fish, the salinity is OBVIOUS to be changed unless the salinity of the bag and the water from the tank is same! Because mixing water of different salinity will increase the net salinity in the bag and will keep on changing too since in a small volume of water, new water is being poured and the concentration of salt will keep on increasing. And then when the fish is introduced to the tank, it again gets a whole new salinity to get adjusted to.

This thought actually made me confused a little bit. So what I have decided is, I am maintaining a 1.022 salinity in my tank since most of the stores (what I have heard) maintains that salinity and hence, I am expecting the salinity difference can be overlooked.

Anyway, I am new to saltwater world and is starting my first FOWLR tank. I would love to hear what other got to say on my thought.

Thanks

[subman]

My first post from January 2009:

Anything still available?
Thanks

Looks like my favorite post :razz:

[Marlin65]

Mine was from 01-25-2008, 03:01 PM
All it says is PM sent I was looking to buy something. LOL

[kien]

First post in may 2009..

hey guys. New here as you can tell. A friend of mine made mention of this site. I'd be interested in tagging along with this order. Let me know who I get in touch with with what order and where the money goes etc!

It was a wickedfrags group order that we were trying to put together. To this day I am still waiting for that group order to happen..

[whatcaneyedo]

The question was: What is your tap water TDS in your area?

04-20-2007 07:00 AM

115 here in Prince George

[Skimmerking]

2002 Just what the title says:
The turbo flotor 100 with pump are brand new. used for 12 hrs max didnt liek it wanted bigger .. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGH EH!!
$300 CDN
:eek:
Here ya go and it's where it all started from skimmers lol

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=1442

[Delphinus]

Apparently December 2, 2001 was it for me ..

There are about a half dozen people in Calgary who are active on the 'net, and a few more who lurk but never make their presense known.

I'm in Calgary and am always on the lookout for people to trade frags with. Drop me a line sometime.

Happy to see the numbers have grown somewhat!

[Doug]

:lol: 2001

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=5


Wholley crap thats awhile ago. :lol:

[Gone Snorkelin']

Well, after lurking in the background for so long, I thought this would be as good a time as any for my first post.

Hello everybody.
We started our first saltwater tank on Jan. 1, 2012. A mixed reef 120 gallon with sump. First fish in March.
Going slowly and trying to figure things out.

Michael

[Delphinus]

Welcome to Canreef!

[Doug]

Well, after lurking in the background for so long, I thought this would be as good a time as any for my first post.

Hello everybody.
We started our first saltwater tank on Jan. 1, 2012. A mixed reef 120 gallon with sump. First fish in March.
Going slowly and trying to figure things out.

Michael



:welcome:

[The Grizz]

Welcome aboard.

I think this was my first ever post and thread for that matter.

Oct 24, 2009

Hi to all that take the time to read this. I am new to CanReef and to saltwater but have had fresh water tanks for ever.

I have a 65 gal hex community tank & a 65 gal aggressive tank both with Rena XP2 filter, SeaClone 100 protein skimmer, UV sterilizer & moderate lighting. Both have live sand and rock. Both tanks have been up for 6 months and doing well.

I have several corals in the community tank but would like to add some to the aggressive tank. Livestock in tank at this point is a loin fish, yellow tang, valintini puffer, fox face lo, snowflake eel & a green star sea serpent. I have a few small snail's and 3 large hermit crab's as well. Going to add a picasso trigger, scribbled rabbitfish, niger trigger & a fire clown in the next few week's.

Can someone advise me of what coral's, if any, that I can put in my aggressive tank.

[windcoast reefs]

Hey everyone,
Started up my first saltwater reef tank in late september, and I am just starting to get some frags in the tank. But lately after I put some more powerful power heads in I noticed that there is tons of little bubbles. Is this normal for a small tank or is it something I should be looking into more before I introduce anything. All of my snails, crabs and polyps seem to be doing fine and my levels are fine.


Thanks for any help!

That's my first post! It always seems to be problems that bring people to this forum!:biggrin:

[JDigital]

Welcome to the forum! :)



This was my first post... those all seem like silly questions now.. :lol:

n00b alert!.. 54G sump-less setup..
Hey everyone,
I have decided to take a plunge in the salty depths.

I have a 54G tank that I am using for my first SW setup. However due to space limitations & limited budget, I am going to try a sump-less setup. I am looking to keep some coral, LR, couple fish, nothing over the top (in terms of reef).. Kind of a Reef for Dumbies idea.. something to work with and learn from.

-Is a HOB filter (Whisper 60) adequately sized to handle a 54 SW? or should I invest in a Canister system?
-Is a skimmer required right from the beginning?
-What is the recommended light wattage for a tank of this size? (I have 2x39W T5HO @ 36")
-How much GPH should a 54G be running for proper flow?

Any other info you can help me with, and things I need to be aware of in a sumpless system would be great!

Cheers
Josh

[fishoholic]

Ah ha I found it May 2 2007


Clown fish usually will not get along with each other unless they are already a matched pair. A clown goby would be a good addition, because of their size clown fish leave them alone (you can only get one, two would fight).

[Samw]

Where has those 11 years gone?

11-14-2001 07:08 PM

Is anyone selling Montipora capricornus?

It's pretty amazing that this forum still has content from that long ago. Some forums that I've been on would have DB crashes and no backup to recover from.

[reefwars]

wow guys reading all these posts some over 10 yrs ago , i gotta kudos to you guys for being around so long you all obviously have a passion for the hobby that has outlasted alot of other reefers:)


now i spose the next thread should be how much do you all think you spent in your reefing career lol we wont go there lol


keep em coming guys!!

[Dez]

My first post over 10 years ago was to Tony (Delphinus)

March 1, 2002

Hey Delphinus,

I'm new to this whole canreef thing. There is absolutely nobody in Edmonton that does reefkeeping (well I know a few) so that's why I'm in the Calgary discussion (my home-town is Calgary) I had a microbubble problem for quite some time....annoying isn't it? Do you run an inline pump or submersible one? I find that if it's an inline pump...silicone anywhere that draws water in...it might not leak, but it's sucking a tiny bit of air from somewhere. it worked for me, but took quite a while before I could silicone everything and finally overcome the problem.

[lastlight]

This appears to be the very first post ever on Canreef:

The good people that run www.thereeftank.com (http://www.thereeftank.com) are putting on a picnic in Portland on the 18th of August (Saturday). Scott, myself and our significant others are heading down there. If anyone else is interested let one of us know and we can arrange to meet up and head down together.

[Aquattro]

This appears to be the very first post ever on Canreef:

Strange that Titus isn't the first poster. Not sure, Troy may have been the first staff member?? Anyone remember?

[kien]

isn't this the first post? http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=5

[Aquattro]

isn't this the first post? http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=5

Looks like. And Troy was the first staff.

[ScubaSteve]

isn't this the first post? http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=5

Man, Doug has been around a long time!

[lastlight]

isn't this the first post? http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=5

thread id is 1 for mine and 5 for yours. a post in thread 5 cannot be older than the first post in thread 1. :biggrin:

[lastlight]

Titus actually has the second post.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2

you can use a thread(t) id or post(p) id to find stuff.

[Delphinus]

That's an interesting observation but the dates seem to suggest it's possible. Maybe something wonky happened when posts were migrated to vbulletin from .. um .. whatever it was before it was vbulletin... phpbb or something?

[lastlight]

hey you're right the dates don't jive with the ids in the db.

i know for a fact titus will explain that if he sees this lol.

[Aquattro]

Man, Doug has been around a long time!

And Naesco!

[wayner]

03-14-2002, 06:07 PM

Hi!

New to the Board, looking to upgrade to a 180 from my 65 gallon reef, if anyone knows of someone selling, please let me know, would need a nice stand, oak,pine, to go with it.

Thanks


:Banane37:

[Doug]

Man, Doug has been around a long time!



:heh: